Combination bailer, dump, and pump



. H. J. STEINBERGER ET AL I COMBINATION BAILER, DUMP, AND PUMP Filed Aug. 31, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 4 JHW llllillllllliill WITNESSES I 3 p 7 ATTORNEY Oct. 29, 1929. H. J. STEINBERGER ET AL 1,733,837

COMBINATION BAILER, DUMP, AND PUMP Filed Aug. :51. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 TEE-7- INVENTORS HARRYJ. S7'f/NBERGl-R WITNESSES .f

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' v ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 29, 1929 "UNITED s'ra'r y when HARRY J. STEINBERG-ER AND HARRY A. MILLER, OF GLOVIS, NEW .MEXICO COMBINATION BAILER, DUMP, AND PUMP Application filed August 31, 1927. Serial No. 216,714. 2

This invention relates to a device adapted to be used in sinking well holes.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a device characterized by improved features of'construction and operation by virtue of which the device may be readily converted to adapt it for carrying out bailing, dumping and pumping operations in sinkingwell holes.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will appear when thefollowing specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the device adapted to be used as a bailer.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. s

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower end of the shell or tube, and showing the dart and the manner in which it is connected with the lower end of the jarring element. I v

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the upper end of the device illustrating certain features thereof.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the top which is connected with the shell or tube.

, V Fig 6 is a sectional elevation of the devlce adapted to be used as a pump. I

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower end of the device as shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of the check Valve adapted to be connected with the jarring element.

I Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8. i

V Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line .10-10 of Fig. 8.

. Fig. 11 is a sectional View taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1O. I

Fig. 12 is a perspective View of one of the perforated disks of the valve shown in .Fig. 8. 7 1

Fig. 18 is a'sectional elevation of the device adapted to be used as a dump.

"Fig.14 is an enlarged sectional view of the latchassociated with the jarring element.

Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken on the line 15-15 of Fig. 14.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawings, it will be apparent that, the device includes a cylindrical shell ortube 10 which may be of any preferred length. The lower endof the tube 10 is internally'threaded as at 11 for the accommodation of a bottom or base. member 12 having a reduced threaded portion, 13 adapted to be received by the threaded portion 11', and a shoulder 14: which abuts the lower end of the tube 10. The base member 12 also has a seat 15, which surrounds an opening 16 extending through the base member. In order to cooperate with the base 12 to control the opening 16 there is provided a dart 17; The upper end of the dart 17 has a valve member 18 which is adapted to coact with the seat 15. The lower end 19 of the dart has shoul-.

ders 20. A. loop 21 is swivelly connected as at 22With the valve member 18 for a purpose to appear. A top, elemento23 is rigidly connectedwith the upperend ofthe tube 10 in any suitable manner. The element '23 has a notch 24- and a tapered tip 25.211 jarring element 26 is employed and ,is bifurcated to. provide spaced members 27 which terminate f respectively at'their upper endslwith threaded portions 28 which combine to form a stud. The lower end of the element-26 is threaded as at 29 to receive a nut 30 having an eye 31 I for purposes to appear. It will be apparent that by reason of the factthat the jarring element 26 is bifurcated, and by reason of the. further fact that the members 27 are adapted to be flexed, the arring element may be separated from association with the tube 10 by being drawn downwardly past the tip 25 0f the element 23, through the lower annular part 32 of-the element 23, through the tube 10, out of the opening 16, in the'base member 12. j

Means isprovidedfor swivelly connecting a line 33 with the upper end of the jarringelement 26. The said meansconsist-s of a connecting member 3 1 having a threaded socket in the lower end thereof which ac-v commodates the stud formed by the threaded portions28 at the upper end of theelement 26. Said member 34 also has a bore'35 which accommodates a swivel 36 engageable with a shoulder 37. The'lower end of the line 33 extends into the member 34 by virtue of a bore 38 in the member 34 and is connected with the swivel 36 as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. The provision of the swivel 36 prevents the line 33 from being kinked or twisted. Small holes 39 allow particles of sand to escape which'might otherwise prevent the swivel fronrfunetioning. i

r In order that the tube 10 maybe supported or suspended, from the jarring element 26 when lowering the same into a hole, and to permit the jarring element to move downwardly with respect to the tube for reasons to v appear, there is provided a, pin 40 whiehis received in aligned holes 41 respectively in the ,members 27'. The pin 40ris adapted to enter the: notch24 in the element 23; When the pin lOis disposed in the notch 24 of the element 23rthe tube lO'will be properly supported orsuspended. It will now be apparent that there. has been described a combination of parts which may be used to carry out bailing operations for bailing'water 'from a well 3 hole. It will be obvious that when the device is let down into the hole the end 19 of the dart; 17 will encounter the bottom of the well hole, followed by the base member 12 encountering the shoulders as the tube lOmoves further downwardly after the dart has come torest. This, will result in the valve member. 18 being moved oil the seat 15' and as a consequence water will be allowed to enter the tube 10. Upon the upward movement of thetube 10 by pulling upwardlyon 5 theiline 33,. thevalve member 18 will again seat itself on theseat 15 trapping the'water which entered the tube 10. r In this way the water will be bailed from the hole. It forany reason thetubelO becomes'stuck, thejarring 1 element 26' may be reeip rocated to free the 5 loosen the tube 10, the tip is encountered by shoulders 42 respectively on the members 27 of the jarring element in the downward movement of the latter, and the pin 40 encounters. the wall ofthenotch 24 in the rigid element 23in the upward movement ofther jarring element. I

In order to convert the device to be used as a pump to remove settling sand, metal cuttingsand other particles from the bottom of the hole, the base member 12 'is'removed and an inwardly opening check valve 43 isscrewed into theth'read'ed' portion 11 at. the

lower end of the tube. The check valve 43 consists of abase member 44 having openings 45 which allows the sand and other matter to be drawn into the lower end of the tube, I

and embodies a seat 46 on the threaded reduced portion 47 received by the threaded end 11. The seat 46 surrounds the upper end or" an opening 48 in the member 44. The opening 48 is controlled by a valve member 49 pivotally connected asat 50' with theportion 47, A combined piston and upwardly'opening check valve 51 is adapted to be arranged on the lowerend of the jarringelement-26 to raise the matter which enters the lower end of the tube 16 trapped by the check valve 43. The combined piston and check valve 51 in the present instance, comprises two metallic plates 52 and 53, two leather disks 54, a metallic disk 55, and a metallic disk 56-having a collar 57. The plates 52 and 53 have aper-- tures 58 adapted tobe brought into alignment.

T he plate 52 has a recess 59 so that the plate;

53'may be associated-with the plate 52. Each of the leather disks 54 has a s'eriesof aper-- hires/60 equal in number and similar in ar-- rangement to the number and arrangement of the apertures 58 in the plates 52 and 53- so as to be aligned'therew-ith. The disk has apertures 61 equal in number and similar in arrangement to the apertures 58 and so as to register therewith. A suitable pin,

62 on the disk 55 enters holes'respectively in the leather disks'54 and plates 52 and 53to prevent relative turning movementof these parts. The collar 57 is adapted to slide on a smooth portion 63 of the jarring element 26', the said portion 63 being disposed. directly, above thethreaded portion 29f. The plates 52 and 53, leather disk 54, and metallio'disk' 55 each have acentral hole of'thesame size whichregister with each other to accommo date the threaded end 29; the, disk 55 abutting a shoulder 64. The nut 30 is employed to, hold the plates and disks together,.with.the

disk 56 arranged on top of the disk55. The

disk 56 in. fact operates as a valve member to control the aligned apertures 58,, 60 and 61. It will now be understood that when the tube 10 is let down into the hole at the bottom.

thereof that the jarring element 26. may be reciprocated. On the up-stroke of: the element 26 any settling sand, metal cuttings, etc,

will be drawn into the lower end of the tube 10 past the check valve 43 and will betra-ppedr by the latter; the leather disks 54- and plates 52 and 53'together with the metal disk i55'c'on stituting a piston to cause thisfsucti'on action. Upon the downward stroke of the elemen't 26- the matter trapped above the check ,valvei43 will rise under pressure; When theijarr-ing element is again moved upwardly, thematter which has passed through the aligned apertures will be lifted upwardly, and at the sametime other matter "will-f be drawn or: sucked.

will pass through the aligned apertures 58, 60 and '61 around the valve member 56'whioh check valve 43. It will now be understood that the device may be readily converted to be used as a pump.

In order to dump water into a hole, the device is converted for this purpose by the use of a flexible element such as the chain whose opposite ends respectively are con- 1 nected with the eye 31 on the nut 30 and the loop 21 on the dart 17, as shown in Figs. 3 and 13. In lieu of the pin 40 there is provided a latch member 66 which is disposed in an opening 67 in the element 23 and is mounted for pivotal movement as at 68. The width of the latch member 66 is slightly less than the thickness of the related portion of the element 23 which is disposed between the members 27 of the jarring element 26. The said members 27 are respectively provided with recesses presenting inclined surfaces 69 and 70. The surface 69 is somewhat above the surface 70, and said surfaces 69 and 70 coact with the opposite ends respectively of the latch member 66 to cause the latch member 66 to turn from a horizontally disposed position to a vertically disposed position in the opening 67 when the jarring element 26 moves relatively to the rigid element 23. The jarring element 26 moves relatively to the top element 23 when the lower end of the tube is resting on the shoulders 20 of the dart 17 with the latter resting on the bottom of the hole. At this time the valve member 18 of the dart 17 will be in an-open position allowing water in the tube 10 to pass out of the opening 16 in the base member 12. At this time the chain 65 is slack, as shown in Fig. 13. The latch member 66 is shown in its horizontal position in Fig. 13 and the opposite ends thereof are resting respectively swivelly connected with the upper end of the dart.

2. In a device of the class described, atube, a dart to open and close the lower end of said tube, a jarring element, a removable member ment, and a flexible element having one end connected with said member, and the opposite end of said flexible element being swivelly connected with the upper end of said dart. Signed at Clovis, in the county of Curry and State of New Mexico, this 26th day of August, A. D. nineteen hundred twenty seven.

HARRY J. STEINBERGER. HARRY A. MILLER.

on portions 71 embodied by the members 27.

The tube 10 is thus supported by the jarring element 26. With the parts in the relationship shown in Fig. 13, when the arring element 26 is let down the latch member 66 will be moved to the vertically disposed position. Upon an upward pull on the line 83, the chain 65 will be drawn up taut, therefore, holding the valve member 18 of the dart 17 OK the seat 15 thereby preventing trapping ofwater in the tube 10 when the device is lifted out of the hole. The swivel connection of the loop 21 allows the dart 17 to turn and prevents twisting of the chain 65 which would prevent the valve member 18 from being seated on its seat 15. 7

From the foregoing it will be apparent that there has been described a device which may be employed in sinking well holes to carry out bailing, dumping and pumping operations; that the device may be easily converted to carry out these different operations;

and that the device is of efficient construction.

WVe claim: 1. In a device of the class described, a tube,

' a dart controlling the lower endof the tube, 

